A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s17.4

v1.c26.s17.4

Vāgbhaṭa’s work (probably the Hṛdaya) was translated into Persian in A.D. 1473, by ‘Alī bin Muḥammad bin Ismāīl Asāwlī Usailī under the title of Shifā’-e-Maḥmūdī; it was written during the reign of Sulṭān Maḥmūd Shāh I of Gujarāt (A.D.1458–1511), who founded a department of translation for famous Arabic and Sanskrit works. The work consists of eight sections, dealing respectively with anatomy, children’s diseases, the evil effects of air, diseases and their treatment, wounds, the treatment of bites of poisonous animals, the treatment of possession states, and the restoration of virility.¹¹⁹⁰